Trial reportJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2012
Sick leave patterns among 5-year cancer survivors: a registry-based retrospective cohort study.
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- Young adult cancer survivors and work: a systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Pooled it
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- Cancer survivors' attitudes toward service delivery formats for interventions targeting cognitive impairments: a survey study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Employment status in cancer patients the first five years after diagnosis-a register-based study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic position and employment status in patients with lung cancer - a register-based study.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2025Article
- Measures of Work-life Balance and Interventions of Reasonable Accommodations for the Return to Work of Cancer Survivors: A Scoping Review.Safety and health at work · 2024Article
- Work Disability and Return to Work After Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study.Clinical epidemiology · 2024Article
- Health Behaviors of Cancer Survivors According to the Employment Status and Occupation: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Cost of Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States: Results of the 2021 Report by Deloitte Access Economics, Commissioned by Teen Cancer America.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2023Article
- Work Disability and Return to Work After Lymphoma: A Danish Nationwide Cohort Study.Clinical epidemiology · 2023Article
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- Differences in work participation between incident colon and rectal cancer patients-a 10-year follow-up study with matched controls.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2022Article
- Important factors associated with sick leave after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation-a 1-year prospective study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2021Article
- The Fact of Return to Work in Cervical Cancer Survivors and the Impact of Survival Rate: An 11-Year Follow-Up Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Labor-force participation and working patterns among women and men who have survived cancer: A descriptive 9-year longitudinal cohort study.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2021Article
- Sickness absence and disability pension among swedish women prior to breast cancer relapse with a special focus on the roles of treatment and comorbidity.European journal of cancer care · 2021Article
- Gynaecological cancer leads to long-term sick leave and permanently reduced working ability years after diagnosis.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2020Article
- Long-term work outcomes and the efficacy of multidisciplinary rehabilitation programs on labor force participation in cancer patients - a protocol for a longitudinal prospective cohort study.Journal of public health research · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aims of this study were to observe the sick leave rates of cancer survivors for five consecutive years following a first lifetime diagnosis of invasive cancer and to identify socio-demographic and clinical predictors of sick leave taken in the fifth year after diagnosis.
methodsThis registry study comprised 2,008 Norwegian individuals (18-61 years old) with their first lifetime diagnosis of invasive cancer in 1999 and alive in 2004 and a cancer-free control group (n = 3,240) matched by sex, age, educational level, and employment status in 1998. Sick leave was defined as at least one sick leave period >16 days within the year in question.
resultsA total of 75 % of the long-term cancer survivors (LTCSs) took sick leave within the first 12 months after their diagnosis. The sick leave rate stabilized at a slightly higher level in the following 4 years compared to the year before diagnosis, with approximately 23 % of the male and 31 % of the female LTCSs taking sick leave. Being single with children, having low education, working in health and social work sector, or having taken sick leave the year before diagnosis (1998) predicted the sick leave taken 5 years after diagnosis (2004) among LTCSs. Compared to the controls, LTCSs with rectal, lymphogenic, breast, or "other" types of cancer had significantly higher sick leave rates 5 years after diagnosis. Socio-demographic factors explained more of the variance in sick leave than did clinical factors.
conclusionEmployed LTCSs struggle with their ability to work 5 years after diagnosis. More research is needed to identify factors that would promote LTCSs' health and ability. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: A socioeconomic and work environmental perspective seems necessary for achieving effective occupational rehabilitation and preventing sick leave among LTCSs.
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